In order to highlight part of the behind the scenes of creation, Ross Bollinger, director of the film Taxi and I Know It, answers our dreamlike questionnaire.
Discover the dreamlike universe of the directors, the imaginary worlds that influence them, the conscious or unconscious references underlying the films.
1- The character who touched you the most?
Homer Simpson. He never lives up to what is expected of him and yet something makes him likeable. He's not just a stupid character even though he's always making mistakes. He always gives the best of himself. Pitiful but also saving because very human.
2- The character that scared you the most?
It was in an episode of Looney Tunes that I was watching in my grandmother's room. A man drank a potion and turned into a terrifying old man. It was black and white, an old Looney Tunes. He drank the potion, distorted and became scary. It horrified me as a child. This memory gave me many sleepless nights and is etched in my memory. I wonder what I would think of it if I saw it now.
3- The character you would most like to meet?
Cyrano de Bergerac. No, Balou because after having had a bad day he would be the ideal guest to cheer you up by singing “It takes little to be happy”.
4- The character you would like to reincarnate as (^_^)?
Robin Hood. Committing a morally justified crime in the Middle Ages interests me.
5- The world you would like to live in?
A world of Miyazaki because of the very strong presence of the spiritual. Probably My Neighbor Totoro since some of these films don't look as happy.
6- The world you wouldn't want to live in?
Kafka's books. Maybe because I already feel like I live there from time to time.
7- What role would you like to play in a work of fiction?
A member of the band Spinal Tap.
8- Your earliest memory of fiction?
Any movie with Jim Carrey. I was fascinated by The Mask and Ace Ventura and Jim Carrey's broken-down personality in his early films. Once, when I was sick, I watched Ace Ventura every day for a week.
9- Your favorite word?
In English, Discombobulated (disconcerted in French). A friend in elementary school taught me this word and used it all the time. It stuck with me.
10- Music you would like to listen to now?
I'd like to listen to this weird Martin Denny album: The Best Of Martin Denny's Exotica. Original English version: